Plant keeping is a “love-hate” relationship for Koi, goldfish and pond fish keepers. Some keepers love them, and some keepers hate them.

Those that hate plants have stared in dismay as the Koi, goldfish and pond fish ate their Cabomba. Watched helplessly as their Anachris disintegrated into a stew during a salt course or when the water got warm. Lamented having to repot their plants over and over as the Koi, goldfish and pond fish rooted them up.

Those that love them tell warm stories about the way the Koi, goldfish and pond fish tend to neglect <graphic>Aponegeton bulbs. How large and showy their pennywort has grown in such a sort time, and how well it handles warm summer water. Plant lovers even relate how well the plants do on Under Gravel filtration plates. Plants were forecasted to fail on these plates in texts more than twenty years old.

I think the difference is in the choice of plants for the tank. The Koi, goldfish and pond fish hobbyist is well advised to choose hard leafed plants or ones that are not very attractive to Koi, goldfish and pond fish. Here is a short list of Koi, goldfish and pond fish survivable plants, which I have kept with incredible, foolproof success.

Aponegeton bulbs - Plants grow from inexpensive tubers

<graphic>Pennywort

<graphic>Wisteria - unpotted, floating on surface.